Improvement in guano-distributers



D. ENGLAR, Jr. Guano-Distrbuter.

No. 210,310. Patented Nov. 26,1878.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OEEIcE.

DAVID ENGLAB, JR., OF AVONDALE, MARYLAND.

IMPROVEMENT IN GUANO-DISTRIBUTERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 210,310, dated November26, 1878; application filed November 4, 1878.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DAVE) ENGLAR, Jr., of Avondale, in the county ofCarroll and State of Maryland, have invented a new and ImprovedGuano-Distributer; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full,clear, and exact description of the same.

My invention is au improvement in forcefeed guano-distributers; andconsists in the employment of a cam-grooved cylinder, located andrevolving in the hopper of the machine, and two plates-namely, a clearerand discharge-regulator-whichprojectup through the bottom of the hopper,and are reciprocated horizontally as they follow the camgroove. Theguano is removed from the cam-groove by means of the clearer, and fallsinto the tube or spout, which conducts it into the furrow in rear of thehoe or shovel. The regulator is made adjustable vertically by means of aslide and setserew, for the purpose of varying the size of the openingin the bottom of the hopper, and thereby adapted for regulating thedischarge of guano.

In the accompanying drawing, Figure 1 is a longitudinal vertical sectionof' a portion of the hopper provided with my improved attachment. Fig. 2is a transverse section on lineas a: of Fig. 1. Fig.3 is a bottom-planview. Fig. 4 is a detail view of the cam-cylinder detached.

A indicates thebox or hopper in which the guano isplaced, and from whichitis discharged through a slot, a, in the bottom. A camgrooved cylinder,B, is fixed on a rotating shaft, C, immediately over said slot. Inpractice, the hopper is made of such length as to have eight such slotsand camgrooved cylinders. A portion of the guano in the hopper iscontinually entering the cam-groove b, and as the cylinder rotates it iscarried along by reason of friction with the irregular or inclined sidesof the diierent sections or divisions of the groove.

To remove from the groove the guano thus impacked or held in it, Iemploy a plate, C', which projects up through the slot in the hopper,and is attached to a horizontal sliding bar, D, that works in keepers c,attached to the under side of the hopper. The plate C projects into thegroove to the full depth of the latter, and is also of the saine width.

It will be apparent that as the cylinder B rotates, the clearer C willfollow the groove, and thus cause the endwise reciprocation of the barD, to which it is secured.

The device for regulating the discharge of the guano from the groove bisa plate, E, which is constructed and arranged in the groove similarly tothe clearer O', but located opposite to the same, and at a distance ofan inch or more, so as to allow the free delivery of the guano downwardbetween them. The plate E is attached to a bar, F, which, like the barD, is reciprocated as the cylinder rotates by reason of the platefollowing the sinuosities or angles of the groove b.

.Said bar F is supported horizontally and guided in its reciprocationsby screws f, which pass through horizontal slots g, and enter anauxiliary slide or bar, G, that is supported in slotted pendent arms orguides H, and placed parallel to the regulator-slide F.

The regulator E is adjusted vertically by adjusting the bar G. For thispurpose the latter is provided with diagonal slots i, through which thepins lc pass. The adjustment is et'- fected by means of a screw, I,which is swiveled to one ofthe guides H, and works in a lug, l, thatprojects from the auxiliary slide. By turning the screw I to the rightthe bar G is moved to the left, and the plate is thereby lowered, thuswidening the opening between the upper end of the regulator E and thebottom of the groove b, and allowing a freer discharge of the guano. Byturning the screw to the left the bar Gr is adj usted endwise to theright, and the regulator E thereby raised, thus narrowing the openin gbetween the end ofthe regulator and the bottom of the groove b, andreducing the discharge of the guano correspondingly. The guano thusdischarged enters a tube or conductor, (not shown,) through which itpasses into the furrow behind the hoe or plow.

rIhe auxiliary slide G, in practice, extends the whole length of thedrill; but a separate regulating-slide, F, and clearer or scraper slideD is provided for each cylinder and dischargeslot of the hopper.

1. In combination with the hopper and the cylinderhavingacam-groove,andlocated within the hopper, the clearer or scraper plate C an d amovable bar, D, to which said plate is attached, as shown and described.

2. I 11 combination With the hopper and eamgrooved cylinder, theregulator E and the horizontally-sliding bar F, to which said regulatoris attached, and with which it reeiprooates as the cylinder revolves, asshown and described.

3. In combination with the hopper and eamgrooved feed-cylinder,theregulatorl, Workin g in the groove, the horizontally-slotted bar F,and the f liagonally-slotted bar or auxiliary slide G, and pins il',which pass through the diagonal slots 1', substantially as specified.

